Game apparatus.



'l. MARKS.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 050:4, |9n.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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ISIDQRE MARKS, or Bosronl MASSAoHUsET'rs, 'nssrenoa 'roIMAR'K's mo ent oBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IA ooaroak'rron or M ssAcHUsErrs, b

' GAME APPARAT S.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ISIDORE MAR' ;s,*a citi-' Zen of the UnitedStates, residingat Boston, in the'county ofSuffolk and Stateoflifassac'husetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGame Appai ratus; and'I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full,clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enableothersskilled in the art to which" it 'appertains to make and use thesame, I

This invention relates game apparatus and more p art cularly toapparatus for: that"; class of games' whlch require a board-and separategame men which are 'free to be movedfrom one positiont o another onk theboard.

It is desirable to provide game apparatus of the character indicatedwhich, without outside wrapping of any sort, can be transported by aplayer without dangerof losing the 'gamemen. Accordingly, an object" ofthe present in'ventionis to provide a game board and game menfiwh ichare associated or secured together in such manner thatfthe game men arealways available for play and cannot be lost during the transportationof the apparatus fr'omplace to place or when the apparatus is not muse,As an incident to such object a further object of the invention is toprovide a game board which can 1" of the invention are attained will beunderstood from the following description of the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, which is illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings, and inwhich: Figure v1 is a plan' view of the game board, unfolded and readyfor use, except that the game'men are shown as still secured to theboard; Fig. 2 is a plan view of one corner of the game board to whichthe game men may be attached; Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3-3of Specification of Letters Patent. r I, g Application ii eanembef 4,1917. I Se1'ial 1 Io.205,282. r

Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 shows the-game board folded for 1 the purpose; ofllIELIlSPOItELtlOlL-x In the embodiment of the invention illus-' 'tratedin the drawings the game board 5 showhasachecker board, and isgformed ofcloth "having the; required colored squares stamped onifon'e side.=Preferably the cloth is water-proofed, and may beia thin, flexible sheetof rubber or rubberized textile fabric.- By provldmg a water-proof gameboard 1t may beais'ed" under adverse conditions and carried exposed inall sorts of weather, without'damage. This feature ofthe board isespecially valuablefor such players as soldiers-when on trench duty."For the same reason thecheckersfshown asdisks 6, are made of a stiffwater-proof material, for example sheet celluloid.) When so made the. fcheckers have the further advantage 0f not being'bulky, and can,therefore, becarried with the board wvith-a min'imum requirement] ofpacking space. "This,=a1so"- isextremely' advantageous to I soldiers whoare restricted as' to th theyjcan carry.

In the board', preferably in 'one 'cor-ner' as shown 1n Fig. 2, the/r618 formed a"'pere size and weight "of what foration which may bereinforced withwan eyelet 7 for strength, andeach checkerfi is providedwith a preferably, central perforation 8. The checkers are secured tothe board, when not wanted for play, vby passing a fastening devicethrough the perforations inthe checkers and the board,thus preventingtheir separation during periods when the apparatus is not in use. Asimple and preferable'fastening device is a headed, split-pin 9 whichmay conveniently be in the form of-the ordinary brass McGill fastener.

The legs 10 of the split-pin may be passed through the eyelet 7, and thecheckers 6 are threaded thereon in a single stack by means of theirperforations 8; the flexible legs 10 thereafter being bent apart andacross the as shown in Fig. 1. The head 11 of the fastener prevents itsbeing drawn through the perforation in the board. Obviously the.

' end of the stack to hold the checkers in place l split pin 9 may bepassed through the perforations from the other direction, with'its headagainst the checkers, if desired.

It will be observed that after the game men are fastened in place, theboard, with the men securely but removably attached thereto, maybefolded, like a j pocket handkerchief, into an exceedingly compact package (see Fig. at) for which room can always be'found in the pocketorpack of the player;

The advanta es of the" ame a aratus.

described are obvious. The danger of having the men when not in usebecome sepa' rated from the board is ail,- no outside container or coverof'stifi material, which" .makes a bulky package, is required; the partsof the apparatus are all thin and,

hence, the folded apparatus is fiat and is easily stowed and thewater-proof material from whichal-l the parts are made provides forlon-glife.-

'1. Game apparatus. comprising, a game board, game men, and means forremovably fastening the men tothe boardiin a single stack when theapparatus is not iii-use. i,

2. Game apparatus comprising a game board having a perforation inone-portion thereof, perforated game men, and a flexible fastening-device adapted to be passed through said perforations and bent to se-vcure game men to the board when not wanted-for play.

8. Game apparatus comprising a game board having-its playing areacomposed of foldable, shee't-mater1al, game men of thin, stifl material,and means for securing all the men to the board, whereby the board withthe men attached thereto may be folded across the playing area for thepurpose of transportation. 1 i

4. Game apparatus comprising a game board of flexible water-proofmaterial, game men of stiff water-proof material, and means for securinggame men to'the board in a stack when not needed for play.

game board of textile fabric having a per foration in one portionthereof, a set ofgame men each having a perforation therethrough, and ahea'ded split-pin adapted to be passed through the perforations in theboard and men and then bent to hold the men in a stack when the board isfolded,

' ,6..Game apparatus comprising checker board of flexible material,checkers produced from thin sheet material, and means for re movablysecuring the checkers to the checker board at a single point whereby theboard and checkers may be folded into an insepa rable compact packageforthe purpose of:

transportation. V

7. Game apparatus comprising a game board prov ded with a perforationtherethrough, perforated gamemen, and means for securingfg'ame men tothe board compr sing a fastening vdevice adapted to be passed throughthe perforations in theboard and in a plurality of game men whensaidperforations are placed in registry,to se curegame men to the board whennot needed for play.

8. Game apparatus comprising a game board composed wholly of thin, fiexible niaterial adapted to be folded and refolded into small fiatpackage,game menof thin,

stiff materiahand means for clamping game,

.5. Gameiapparatus comprising a foldable men to a portion of the boardforming one of the folds whereby they are Protected by the board when.completely folded; v. r V ISIDORE MARKS,

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